Growing opposition to the Federalist Party

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Growing opposition to the Federalist Party

Description

Sedgwick expresses concern of the growing opposition to the Federalist Party, spurred in part by the regular pay of officers in the Provisional Army before they performed any actual services.

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

26

sent from location

Stockbridge

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in collection

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
Theodore Sedgwick
army
military
officers
John Adams
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
Jacobins
Gardner
Buckley
Congress

notable location

Philadelphia
Stockbridge
Albany
New England

notable item/thing

Commission
salary

notable idea/issue

Provisional Army
Federalism
pay
Alien and Sedition Acts
public

document number

1799052640001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) KAD15 (3 pages) Collection: James McHenry Papers B:1797-1815, MH 94

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Theodore Sedgwick Stockbridge [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry Philadelphia [n/a]